Touhou LostWord

-1.16
Slightly Bad
Price: Free
Ads: No
In App Purchases: Yes

iOS App Store
Google Play App Store

Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 12 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 14 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-1.03

4 votes
Daily Rewards -
4 / 0 votes
Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

4 votes
Grinding -
4 / 0 votes
Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

3 votes
1 votes
Wait To Play -
3 / 1 votes
In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

1 votes
3 votes
Playing by Appointment -
1 / 3 votes
Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

4 votes
Advertisements -
0 / 4 votes
Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

2 votes
Infinite Treadmill -
0 / 2 votes
Impossible to win or complete the game.

4 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
0 / 4 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 26 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 13 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-2.39

4 votes
Premium Currency -
4 / 0 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

4 votes
Artificial Scarcity -
4 / 0 votes
Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

4 votes
Gambling / Loot Boxes -
4 / 0 votes
Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

3 votes
Power Creep -
3 / 0 votes
A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.

3 votes
1 votes
Waste Aversion -
3 / 1 votes
Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

2 votes
1 votes
Pay to Win -
2 / 1 votes
A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

2 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee -
2 / 1 votes
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

2 votes
2 votes
Pay to Skip -
2 / 2 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

2 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
2 / 2 votes
Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

3 votes
Accidental Purchases -
0 / 3 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

3 votes
Pay Wall -
0 / 3 votes
The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

Social Dark PatternsSocial Dark Patterns

This game has 3 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 25 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

3.21

3 votes
1 votes
Fear of Missing Out -
3 / 1 votes
If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

4 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme -
0 / 4 votes
You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

4 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds -
0 / 4 votes
To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

4 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation -
0 / 4 votes
The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

4 votes
Reciprocity -
0 / 4 votes
Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

4 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -
0 / 4 votes
The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

4 votes
Competition -
0 / 4 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

Psychological Dark PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 10 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 17 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-0.41

4 votes
Invested / Endowed Value -
4 / 0 votes
Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

4 votes
Variable Rewards -
4 / 0 votes
Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

1 votes
3 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress -
1 / 3 votes
Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.

1 votes
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations -
1 / 2 votes
Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

4 votes
Complete the Collection -
0 / 4 votes
The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

4 votes
Illusion of Control -
0 / 4 votes
The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

4 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases -
0 / 4 votes
Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.

App Store Ratings

iOS:  (0.00) with 0 votes.
Google Play:  (4.08) with 1,795 votes.



Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Daily Rewards reported on Oct 15, 2022
variable login bonuses, some stages locked behind daily play
Waste Aversion reported on Oct 15, 2022
both characters and story cards are capped
Grinding reported on Oct 15, 2022
game requires extremely heavy grinding
Premium Currency reported on Oct 15, 2022
game offers a premium currency which guarantees units in gacha rolls, which are otherwise rare
Power Creep reported on Oct 15, 2022
incredibly heavy power creep between characters
Pay to Win reported on Oct 15, 2022
game allows you to pay for materials to upgrade units, which otherwise requires a very heavy grind
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Oct 15, 2022
game's only way of gaining anything is through gacha, without gacha the player will be unable to collect units
Recurring Fee reported on Oct 15, 2022
game has a monthly pack that provides bonuses daily, as well as many packs which refresh monthly
Artificial Scarcity reported on Oct 15, 2022
each new character released recieves some kind of "special pack" and said pack is repeatedly shown in pop-ups, oftentimes with a time limit
Pay to Skip reported on Oct 15, 2022
ingame "stamina" can be refilled with real money


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Screenshot ◇◆◇About Touhou LostWord◇◆◇
Words are going missing, but nobody knows why... The Lost Word Incident has taken over Gensokyo. Explore Gensokyo to resolve the incident with Reimu, Marisa, and the huge cast from Touhou Project!

Taking place in Gensokyo, Touhou LostWord is a derivative work based on Touhou Project, officially licensed by Team Shanghai Alice.

◇◆◇Characters◇◆◇
Reimu Hakurei:
Also known as Hakurei Shrine Maiden, Eternal Shrine Maiden, Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise.
She is a human who lives at Hakurei Shrine.

Marisa Kirisame:
Also known as Western Magician of the East, Strange Magician, Ordinary Black Magician.
She is a human who lives in the Forest of Magic.

Meet the various characters from the Touhou universe, including Yukari Yakumo, Youmu Konpaku, Alice Margatroid, Reisen Udongein Inaba, Remilia Scarlet, Patchouli Knowledge, Sakuya Izayoi, and many more!

◇◆◇Game System◇◆◇
Use your characters' Spell Cards to fight in exciting battles of bullets!
You can power up your favorite characters and create a party of up to 6.
Choose between 3 voices for every character and dress them up in a variety of different costumes!

◇◆◇Participating Artists◇◆◇
Akitsu Mikami, Arata Toshihira, Capura.L, Eretto, Fruit Punch, Girotin, Hagiwara Rin, Hinayuki Usa, Hiura R, Mikeou, Minamura Haruki, Morinohon, Mottun*, Natsume Eri , Ragho no Erika, Rui Tomono, Sakura Hiyori, Sakuragi Ren, Sakurazawa Idumi, Shinia, Socha, Takehana Note, Tanaka Shoutarou, Tomioka Jiro, Umeckiti, Yamadori Ofuu, Yano Mitsuki, Yumeno Rote, Yuuki Keisuke, and more!

◇◆◇Participating Musicians◇◆◇
AramiTama, Butaotome, Cajiva's Gadget Shop, flap+frog, Foxtail-Grass Studio, Hachimitsu-Lemon, COOL&CREATE, Melodic Taste, O-LIFE.JP Tokyo Active NEETS/Kokyo Active NEETs, and more!

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